and Zac Posen and Marcus Samuelsson, at the James Beard House, part of the New York City Wine & Food Festival. (For an overview of the event, called Food Meets Fashion, and the menu, click here.)While the food -- and the wine -- was very good, what really blew me (and the spouse) away was how lovely, gracious, and modest Giada De Laurentiis, Zac Posen, and Marcus Samuelsson were.
Designer (and nice Jewish boy) Zac Posen greeted me with a big smile and bigger "hello" as I walked into the kitchen (terrified) at the James Beard House. I spoke, several times, with Giada De Laurentiis, and was her unofficial photographer, taking pictures of her with various guests. And Marcus Samuelsson of Aquavit told a hysterical story about "smuggling" spices back from his village in Ethiopia whenever he visited there, when I asked him about the spices in his slow-cooked organic chicken with foie gras, pumpkin puree, and creamed greens.
It was a delightful evening, which I will not soon forget.
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